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Soon the truck is beyond the range of the clansmen’s rifles and you are able to pick yourself up off the floor. Your body feels stiff and sore, but at least both you and Sergeant Haskell are still in one piece. Then the truck begins to decelerate; when it stops, Captain Frankland leaves the cab and comes around to the back to check that you are both all right.
‘We’re fine,’ you reply. ‘Bruised, but otherwise just fine.’
You help the captain climb over the tailgate. As soon as he is aboard, Knott re-starts the engine and you continue your journey west along Highway 9.
